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Veteran memorials in 3 states vandalized ahead of Memorial Day

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Fox News: Memorials to veterans in a Los Angeles neighborhood and a town in Kentucky, as well as a Civil War veterans cemetery in Virginia, were damaged as the nation prepares to mark Memorial Day, officials said. A Vietnam War memorial in the Venice area of Los Angeles has been extensively defaced by graffiti. The vandalism occurred sometime during the past week, KCAL/KCBS-TV reported. The homespun memorial painted on a block-long wall on Pacific Avenue lists the names of American service members missing in action or otherwise unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. Source: Veteran memorials in 3 states vandalized ahead … Continue reading Veteran memorials in 3 states vandalized ahead of Memorial Day

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Woman charged after taking down U.S., state flags and stomping them at Red Clay

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Times Free Press: A woman has been arrested in Bradley County after an off-duty deputy reported to Tennessee State Park rangers he saw her take down the U.S. and Tennessee flags at Red Clay State Park, place them on the ground and stomp on them. The woman was arrested by park officials with assistance from the sheriff’s office and booked on two counts of desecration of a flag, vandalism under $500 and criminal trespassing, Bradley County Sheriff’s Office spokesman James Bradford said, according to the Times Free Press. FOR MORE: Woman charged after taking down U.S., state flags and stomping … Continue reading Woman charged after taking down U.S., state flags and stomping them at Red Clay

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Three officers shot, wounded in D.C. suburb

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Fox News: Three police officers were shot and wounded late Saturday in a bedroom community outside Washington, D.C. A trio of officers from Prince William County Police Department were responding to a “domestic-related incident” in Lake Ridge, Va., when they were shot. Source: Three officers shot, wounded in D.C. suburb | Fox News Continue reading Three officers shot, wounded in D.C. suburb

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German police report describes ‘chaotic and shameful’ night of attacks on women by Muslim refugees

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Police in Cologne, Germany, were overwhelmed by groups of men attacking women in the city center on New Year’s Eve, according to a leaked report, according to the Washington Post. An unidentified senior official who wrote the report for Germany’s national police described a “chaotic and shameful” evening in which a lack of officers at the scene meant those there “reached the limits of their abilities pretty quickly,” according to Der Spiegel, which obtained a copy of the report. “Women, accompanied or not, literally ran a ‘gauntlet’ through masses of heavily intoxicated men that words cannot describe,” the official wrote. … Continue reading German police report describes ‘chaotic and shameful’ night of attacks on women by Muslim refugees

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Officer Garrett Swasey was champion skater, church elder

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Garrett Swasey, who rushed 10 miles to help fellow police under fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, led a big-spirited life rooted in family and faith with the soft touch of an ice dancer, CNN reports. That’s because he won a skating championship decades ago. Until he was killed Friday in a gunman’s attack, he was an elder at the small Hope Chapel in Colorado Springs. Its website features Swasey smiling with wife Rachel; daughter Faith, 6; and son Elijah, who will be 11 this month. “He might not be in alignment with the abortion industry, but … Continue reading Officer Garrett Swasey was champion skater, church elder

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Church comforts Pauley Perrette following violent attack; actress prays for attacker

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Pauley Perrette showed up for church Sunday morning, ET reports, just days after being assaulted by a “psychotic homeless man.” An eyewitness at the Hollywood United Methodist Church told ET that the NCIS star was in “good spirits” as she attended the service with her police friend Nicole, who was with her following the attack, and her pal James, who helped track down the man police arrested. The pastor called attention to Perrette’s traumatic event during his sermon. “Even though this man was punching her and threatening her life, Pauley prayed for her safety and for him,” the pastor told … Continue reading Church comforts Pauley Perrette following violent attack; actress prays for attacker

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Will the Growing Police Boycott Hurt Quentin Tarantino’s New Movie?

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When Quentin Tarantino decided to join an anti-police brutality protest in New York this weekend, it rattled the city’s police officers, Fox Insider previously reported. Local cops threatened to start a rally of their own – against the director’s new film, “The Hateful Eight.” Now, the boycott is extending to officers across the country, as police unions in Los Angeles, New Jersey and Philadelphia hop on board. “We fully support constructive dialogue about how police interact with citizens. But there is no place for inflammatory rhetoric that makes police officers even bigger targets than we already are,” Craig Lally, president … Continue reading Will the Growing Police Boycott Hurt Quentin Tarantino’s New Movie?

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Anarchist group may be planning Halloween ambush, FBI reportedly tells police

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An anarchist group may be planning to use Halloween as cover for a plan to ambush police in cities across the country, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly said in a bulletin to local police departments, Fox News reports. The New York Post reported Monday that the National Liberation Militia has encouraged supporters to create a disturbance to attract law enforcement and then attack them, the paper reported, citing the FBI. The group calls the ambush a “Halloween Revolt.” The paper reported that the NYPD is monitoring the threat. The report of the threat comes at a time of unease … Continue reading Anarchist group may be planning Halloween ambush, FBI reportedly tells police

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Tennessee missionary killed in Haiti

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West Tennessee missionary Roberta Edwards was killed by gunmen in Haiti late Saturday, the Daily News Journal reports. Her friend, Bobbie Solley, a retired MTSU professor and member of North Boulevard Church of Christ in Murfreesboro, was also in Haiti and said, “She was a fabulous woman. … Her only concern was the children of Haiti and the children she was caring for,” Solley said about Edwards, a fellow missionary from Estes Church of Christ in West Tennessee. On Saturday, Edwards, who was the administrator at SonLight Children’s Home in Port au Prince, was killed after witnesses said gunmen emerged … Continue reading Tennessee missionary killed in Haiti

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Oregon gunman singled out Christians during rampage

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A gunman singled out Christians, telling them they would see God in “one second,” during a rampage at an Oregon college Thursday that left at least nine innocent people dead and several more wounded, survivors and authorities said, according to the New York Post. “[He started] asking people one by one what their religion was. ‘Are you a Christian?’ he would ask them, and if you’re a Christian, stand up. And they would stand up and he said, ‘Good, because you’re a Christian, you are going to see God in just about one second.’ And then he shot and killed … Continue reading Oregon gunman singled out Christians during rampage